Costantino, Anna ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8459-8561 (2024) Unveiling agency: fostering inclusive materials development through practice-based research. In: The MATSDA/Universidade NOVA de Lisboa/FCSH Conference Materials for Developing Communicative Ability, 5th - 6th June, 2025, Lisbon, Portugal.

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Abstract

The development of materials is a complex and recursive process. It involves designing, implementing, and reflecting on how language teachers and learners engage with them, according to teachers’ beliefs and preferences, as well as their environmental affordances and constraints (Tomlinson, 2020). While research on materials is mainly conducted by researchers who are often external to the classroom ecologies, the role of teachers tends to be seen as non-agentive. In this presentation, I share the understandings gained from a recent editorial experience for a journal of practitioner-research concerned with language learner development. Specifically, the presentation focuses on the issue of grassroots and creative approaches to materials development through inclusive practice-based research. By reflecting on how the contributing teachers have worked inclusively with their learners to foster communicative abilities, I argue for creating dissemination and supportive spaces that challenge standard academic writing, encouraging personalised narratives and multi-voiced ways of exploring materials development (Barfield et al., 2024).

Item Type:	Conference or Conference Paper (Paper)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	communicative abilities, inclusive practice-based research, language learner development, materials development, personalised narratives, practitioner-research, teacher agency
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) L Education > L Education (General)
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences Faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences > School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Related URLs:	Organisation
Last Modified:	21 Jul 2025 15:29
URI:	https://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/50836

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